As a final installment of the University YMCA’s Friday Forum Series on Building a Better Environmental Movement, Bill McKibben will speak on the Illinois campus about his experiences as an environmental organizer. McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and leader of the anti-carbon campaign group 350.org. He has authored a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature (1989), about climate change.

All Friday Forum events are free and open to the public. Learn more at https://universityymca.org/friday-forum/